Lighting Hanukkah candles
Lighting Hanukkah candlesYonatan Sindel/Flash 90

For many people Hanukkah is a nice time of year when we light the Menorah and eat some latkes and doughnuts.

It’s family time and many play dreidel to help inject the holiday with even more fun. But, as far as Jewish holidays go, it is not one of the more important ones.

Thematically, it is merely a commemoration of a couple of miracles from the Second Temple period. All of this may be true but it is a very “lite” approach to a heavyweight concept.

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